White House officials do not deny that they craft elaborate
events to showcase Bush, but they maintain that these events are designed
to accurately dramatize his policies and to convey qualities about him that
are real. [Washington
Post]

Three tons of food ready for delivery by air to refugees
in St. Bernard Parish and on Algiers Point sat on the Crescent City Connection
bridge Friday afternoon as air traffic was halted because of President Bush’s
visit to New Orleans, officials said. [NOLA]

There was a striking discrepancy between the CNN International
report on the Bush visit to the New Orleans disaster zone, yesterday, and
reports of the same event by German TV. ZDF News reported that the president's
visit was a completely staged event. Their crew witnessed how the open air
food distribution point Bush visited in front of the cameras was torn down
immediately after the president and the herd of 'news people' had left and
that others which were allegedly being set up were abandoned at the same
time. The people in the area were once again left to fend for themselves,
said ZDF. [War And Piece]

A live report from Biloxi:
"On the last state of things here's Christine Adelhardt live from Biloxi"

"2 minutes ago the President drove past in his
convoy. But what has happened in Biloxi all day long is truly unbelievable.
Suddenly recovery units appeared, suddenly bulldozers were there, those
hadn't been seen here all the days before, and this in an area, in which
it really wouldn't be necessary to do a big clean up, because far and wide
nobody lives here anymore, the people are more inland in the city. The President
travels with a press baggage [big crew]. This press baggage got very beautiful
pictures which are supposed to say, that the President was here and help
is on the way, too. The extent of the natural disaster shocked me, but the
extent of the staging is shocking me at least the same way. With that back
to Hamburg." [Daily Kos]

“But perhaps the greatest
disappointment stands at the breached 17th Street levee. Touring this critical
site yesterday with the President, I saw what I believed to be a real and
significant effort to get a handle on a major cause of this catastrophe.
Flying over this critical spot again this morning, less than 24 hours later,
it became apparent that yesterday we witnessed a hastily prepared stage
set for a Presidential photo opportunity; and the desperately needed resources
we saw were this morning reduced to a single, lonely piece of equipment.
The good and decent people of southeast Louisiana and the Gulf Coast --
black and white, rich and poor, young and old -- deserve far better from
their national government" - LA Senator Mary Landrieu [senate.gov]

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